<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by frfl37:
I have a client who has over 1,000,000 Royal Bank "Avion" points and is considering exchanging them for over 1,500,000 BA miles under the current exchange offer. He is Canadian and would be using the BA miles mainly on USA AA domestic flights, mainly the 25,000 mile type. What are the differences dealing with BA vs. going directly online with AA. Someone told me that BA needs the request several days in advance instead of last minute possibilities with AA online. Any North American have any experiences!</font>
I've a friend in Toronto who earns BA miles solely through his creditcard, and he has no status with BA. He says that it's the easiest FF programme that he has dealt with and whenever he needs an AA ticket, he calls BA and everything gets confirmed immediately. NO waiting.
BA's CRS can view AA's award inventory immediately down to the last seat. Along with other FF partners.
He's going to South America this Christmas on Lan Chile.
[This message has been edited by Guy Betsy (edited Dec 14, 2003).]